It starts with a crack.
You know the kind —
a rock hits your windshield
and over the years
the crack slowly wields its way
across the entire glass of your car.
Only this time
it takes billions of years
The earth moves
a rock shifts,
lifts and cracks.
And on this crack
thousands of years ago
a soul, not unlike my own
knows its intended work
is for the heart
to crack open.
So the heart finds the line
to rest on —
knowing that as it cracks open
again and again
life will continue to be lived
on the edge.
And the soul knows
this is the work
it's supposed to do
no matter where it is
or whose body it enters
or how it is interpreted.
The heart is meant
to crack open
over and over
until life is lived
fully in passion
fully in the mystery
fully as a lover of the beloved.
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